{"product_id":"the-book-and-the-brotherhood-iris-murdoch-9780140104707","title":"The Book and the Brotherhood","description":"\u003cb\u003eA story about love and friendship and Marxism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany years ago Gerard Hernshaw and his friends \"commissioned\" one of their number to write a political book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTime passes and opinions change. \"Why should we go on supporting a book which we detest?\" Rose Curtland asks. \"The brotherhood of Western intellectuals versus the book of history,\" Jenkin Riderhood suggests. The theft of a wife further embroils the situation. Moral indignation must be separated from political disagreement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTamar Hernshaw has a different trouble and a terrible secret. Can one die of shame? In another quarter a suicide pact seems the solution. Duncan Cambus thinks that since it is a tragedy, someone must die. Someone dies. Rose, who has gone on loving without hope, at least deserves a reward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iris Murdoch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0140104704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140104707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.71h x 5.02w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/11\/1988","brand":"Iris Murdoch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080626467071,"sku":"9780140104707","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42ea710e-077a-43c0-8208-148d47f47ac8.jpg?v=1685487871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-book-and-the-brotherhood-iris-murdoch-9780140104707","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}